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>> i can't really attribute sandy to climate change. it could be within the normal variability of these types of storms, but i do know that climate change is occurring. and it is starting to exaggerate some of the hazards, most notably in this area, sea level rise. and as the sea level rises, it stands to reason that the next storm will produce a larger storm surge, just because it has more water and the waters higher than ever before. >> reporter: and more people and property at risk. we were at water street, for example. from here to the east river: landfill. >> for most of the time the storm came through no one lived here, or very few people lived here. now, we have millions of people concentrated in, for instance, in the new york area. we have tons of infrastructure, we have important business assets that are exposed, and that's what's different. >> reporter: yes, says mindy lubber, and therefore insurance companies should raise their premiums to signal the rising dangers. >> they can impact all of our behavior by the way they price
>> i can't really attribute sandy to climate change. it could be within the normal variability of these types of storms, but i do know that climate change is occurring. and it is starting to exaggerate some of the hazards, most notably in this area, sea level rise. and as the sea level rises, it stands to reason that the next storm will produce a larger storm surge, just because it has more water and the waters higher than ever before. >> reporter: and more people and property at...
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. >> the effects of superstorm sandy could be felt by travelers headed to the east coast for the holiday. the crunch that storm has created nearly a month after it hit. >> the ktvu ipad app is ready to download so you take channel 2 with you for the holiday. drive time traffic, bay area weather and video of breaking news any time anywhere. q >>> freemont police are asking for your help in find ago woman who stole a package and some food off someone's front porch. this video caught the theft about 1:00 p.m. last saturday at a home on meyer park circle. 20 minutes after ups made a delivery that woman walked right up and took the package. she took a bag of canned goods left out for a charity drive. police have posted this video on youtube to try to catch her. freemont investigators say this is actually the first time they've used youtube to ask for the public's help in solve a crime. >> there's a new warning on a story we first reported back in may about the small colorful laundry detergent packets. some of the chemicals are toxic and need to be kept away from children. this year alone it's
. >> the effects of superstorm sandy could be felt by travelers headed to the east coast for the holiday. the crunch that storm has created nearly a month after it hit. >> the ktvu ipad app is ready to download so you take channel 2 with you for the holiday. drive time traffic, bay area weather and video of breaking news any time anywhere. q >>> freemont police are asking for your help in find ago woman who stole a package and some food off someone's front porch. this video...
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this is just a sliver of the debris that sandy left behind on statten island. not preparing could cost much more. here in the far rock-aways the surge crushed dozens of houses and hurricane winds fanned flames from a fire that incinerated 111 homes. the city of new york has decided to clear away what's left here along with demolishing 200 more structures damaged by the storms. >> it was my living room couches but it flipped them over in the house. just pouring water out of them today. >> reporter: rich has had a view of the atlantic ocean from his waterfront home for more than 20 years. now he's living in a motor home in the parking lot. but he wonders whether a sea barrier would be effective. >> is it worth it? i'm not so sure it's worth it because i'm not so sure it's going to work. i don't know how you're going to stop that kind of power. putting a sea wall out there. if it would work, okay. who is going to guarantee it? spending that kind of money for something that might not work.ñr >> sreenivasan: it's a point that even the netherland concedes. the count
this is just a sliver of the debris that sandy left behind on statten island. not preparing could cost much more. here in the far rock-aways the surge crushed dozens of houses and hurricane winds fanned flames from a fire that incinerated 111 homes. the city of new york has decided to clear away what's left here along with demolishing 200 more structures damaged by the storms. >> it was my living room couches but it flipped them over in the house. just pouring water out of them today....
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next >>> three weeks since hurricane sandy, a rescue operation is still under way. jim axelrod went to the new jersey shore to meet the woman behind it. >> reporter: many people in union beach, new jersey, curse the ocean for what it took when sandy roared ashore. >> it's never over. >> reporter: not jeanette van houten. she's grateful for what it's bringing back. >> there was a photo. there it is. it's floating in the water. >> reporter: how can you tell it's a photo? >> by the paper and the size. >> reporter: van houten's home was one of 200 destroyed by sandy. >> i couldn't just sit around and go "woe me" because there was a lot of "woe me" stories. >> reporter: so instead, she's been walking up and down the beachfront. >> you have just a little bit of a person's face. >> reporter: finding small treasures amid the devastation. >> and that is another photo that's damaged. the storm can take our houses; they can take our possessions. but she left us these photos. >> reporter: she's gathered 5,000 pictures which she cleans and stores in 50-gallon tubs, snapshots of
next >>> three weeks since hurricane sandy, a rescue operation is still under way. jim axelrod went to the new jersey shore to meet the woman behind it. >> reporter: many people in union beach, new jersey, curse the ocean for what it took when sandy roared ashore. >> it's never over. >> reporter: not jeanette van houten. she's grateful for what it's bringing back. >> there was a photo. there it is. it's floating in the water. >> reporter: how can you tell...
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has to become an independent distributor but like an example of the floods in new york city hurricane sandy nobody mention the fact that it was caused primarily by manmade global warming and it was predicted years ago that this is exactly what happened maps from geological meteorological centers around the world said in five years' time this is what's going to happen they predicted it just like a lot of people predicted the financial crash what would happen to the exact degree and for the reasons it did happen they were ignored so their people are totally ignoring this but even now that people have suffered fifty billion sixty billion in damages they're not going to put up any kind of flood barriers they're not going to recognize the fact that this is now here to stay this is the new normal because this cognitive map is cognitive dissonance they're being dumbed down they're being there they are being let me ask you this and i get your thoughts on this it seems to me that the that the solution by those who are doing the most damage on wall street the city of london is to push people on to ba
has to become an independent distributor but like an example of the floods in new york city hurricane sandy nobody mention the fact that it was caused primarily by manmade global warming and it was predicted years ago that this is exactly what happened maps from geological meteorological centers around the world said in five years' time this is what's going to happen they predicted it just like a lot of people predicted the financial crash what would happen to the exact degree and for the...
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have you seen more bookings this year post sandy? because other methods of rental cars -- there are just less of them. >> we're seeing about a 15% overall growth in the business for this holiday period versus the same time last year, so yes, there's a lot of contributing factors, but we've seen a significant growth. >> yeah. and, you know, what's the sort of average length of trip, where people are going, how much are they paying? >> well, our footprint really connects people from most of the major city peers in the northeast. most of the trips are probably between three hours to four hours long. and the price of our fare really varies. if you buy early, you get a ticket as low as a dollar on some of our schedules and the price progress as the buses fill up. most of the time, you can get a ticket on our bus for probably about $25 to go between these big cities. >> many spaces left right now, or are you pretty full? >> we're pretty full. the wednesday before thanksgiving is probably our busiest travel day for the entire year. we have
have you seen more bookings this year post sandy? because other methods of rental cars -- there are just less of them. >> we're seeing about a 15% overall growth in the business for this holiday period versus the same time last year, so yes, there's a lot of contributing factors, but we've seen a significant growth. >> yeah. and, you know, what's the sort of average length of trip, where people are going, how much are they paying? >> well, our footprint really connects people...
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rental cars almost impossible to find because thousands of them were flooded by hurricane sandy. if you're trying to get a rental car, probably didn't have much luck. as far as air travel, good news, it's down from last year, so the airports will be a little emptier. when you're shopping for airfare, that's down as well. about 11%. the average price for a ticket within the u.s. today is $188. finally, buses, cruise ships and trains, 1.3 million americans traveling that way today. so here we are on i-95. we're hoping to get back to you matt. i hear you're cooking dinner. >> you might want to head in the other direction. thank you very much. good to see you. >> you're cooking but he's not invited? >> don't want my cooking, that's all. >> let's get a check of the top stories. natalie morales is at the news desk. >> good morning savannah and matt and everyone. a last-ditch effort to save hostess brands has failed. the second largest union broke down late tuesday. the cake maker heads to bankruptcy court today to let a judge decide what the company can liquidate. there may be hopes fo
rental cars almost impossible to find because thousands of them were flooded by hurricane sandy. if you're trying to get a rental car, probably didn't have much luck. as far as air travel, good news, it's down from last year, so the airports will be a little emptier. when you're shopping for airfare, that's down as well. about 11%. the average price for a ticket within the u.s. today is $188. finally, buses, cruise ships and trains, 1.3 million americans traveling that way today. so here we are...
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in case of emergency, like sandy, become distress devices. they'll set this up. 250 across new york city's five boroughs. and they're going to be especially engineered so they can be sprayed clean in case [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need all at a great price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hot spot that connects your wi-fi devices and can even save on your smart phone data usage at home. go to our website below to get at&t u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. that includes access on-the-go to
in case of emergency, like sandy, become distress devices. they'll set this up. 250 across new york city's five boroughs. and they're going to be especially engineered so they can be sprayed clean in case [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse...
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as we know from superstar sandy, people were out of power for weeks and weeks. this seems to me that is a way to help deal with what is likely to be, from what our scientists are telling us, an increase in the kinds and variety and veracity of storms that will damage our communities on the eastern seaboard in particular for years and years. so we're talking about enormous urban communities that are going to be crippled by weather, and we need to be prepared to deal with that. >> did you want to jump in on that? >> i want to go back to one. >> second. i think to help increase the number we have to lift up the teaching profession. we have to make teaching something people value and want to go into. right now there is a lot of criticism about teachers and criticism about unions and they're is a lot of low morale among the teaching profession. at think we really need to do more to encourage young people and people of color and people in inner cities to go into teaching. teach for america, i have nothing against teach for america, but it is not a long-term solution.
as we know from superstar sandy, people were out of power for weeks and weeks. this seems to me that is a way to help deal with what is likely to be, from what our scientists are telling us, an increase in the kinds and variety and veracity of storms that will damage our communities on the eastern seaboard in particular for years and years. so we're talking about enormous urban communities that are going to be crippled by weather, and we need to be prepared to deal with that. >> did you...
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analysts say that the figure was analyst -- elevated by hurricane sandy. the labor department says that applications dropped from 40,000 in the previous week's. aaa says that more than 43 million of us are going somewhere for thanksgiving this year. travel organizations say that they will take a sharp upturn in the economy. officials in greece are criticizing the failure of the you -- european union to release loan funds for that debt ridden country. the greek prime minister is warning that it is not just the great future that hangs in the balance. the delay prolonged uncertainty over the future of greece, facing a default that would threaten the entire eurocurrency. finally, there is a new u.n. report saying that concentrations of greenhouse gases are up 20% since the year 2000. the report, days ahead of a climate conference reminds world government that their efforts to fight climate change are far from enough to meet their stated goals of limiting global warming. some of the headlines this hour on c-span radio. >> you career officers changed this army s
analysts say that the figure was analyst -- elevated by hurricane sandy. the labor department says that applications dropped from 40,000 in the previous week's. aaa says that more than 43 million of us are going somewhere for thanksgiving this year. travel organizations say that they will take a sharp upturn in the economy. officials in greece are criticizing the failure of the you -- european union to release loan funds for that debt ridden country. the greek prime minister is warning that it...